I loved meeting this beautiful family for their photo session at Yates Mill in Raleigh. The mill and the surrounding pond were the perfect backdrop for capturing pictures to celebrate Chase’s first birthday. It was so wonderful that his grandparents could also join us for the session. I especially love the picture of the whole family on the Yates Mill bridge. As the leaves are beginning to change color, I’m looking forward to visiting Yates Mill again soon. I don’t know how I have missed visiting this beautiful gem in all of the years that I have lived in the Triangle. I’m so glad that Chase’s mother suggested it.

I loved this beautiful session with newborn Caitlyn. As much as I love to capture individual images of newborn babies, I think the connection captured in the family photos are my favorite to photograph. This sweet little lady will only be this teeny for such a brief moment in time. I love that we were able to preserve these precious memories for this family.

Kian was such a beautiful joy to finally meet in the studio. I had already had such a wonderful time getting to know Mom and Dad during their maternity session, and we had a lot of laughs while this little guy was so alert through most of the session. Every now and then the timing will be just right that a baby may be going through a growth spurt, or just feeling a little colicky during a photo session. It may take a little extra time to soothe the baby through these moments, but my main goal is always to make sure that baby and mom are always comfortable and relaxed. This is why I only schedule one newborn session per day to make sure that we can all relax and work on “baby” time. I love the connection and peacefulness that is in each of the images that we were able to capture in between the many feeding and diaper changes of the day.

This session was such a fun celebration of the upcoming to addition to this beautiful family. Maternity sessions are such a wonderful way to remember the exciting anticipation of welcoming a new baby to the family.